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Category Archives: Australia

Brother of the Fist: The Passing of Peter Norman

Peter Norman’s recent passing received some muted coverage here in Australia and I’m proud of what this man stood for in solidarity with Tommie Smith and John Carlos. These two … Continue reading

15 October, 2006 · Leave a comment

Antony Loewenstein: Silence is Complicity

Brisbane Writer’s Festival :: 16/9/06 The recent war between Israel and Hizbollah revealed deep-seated denial within the Australian Jewish community. The Australian Jewish News editorialised on August 17: “One can … Continue reading

2 October, 2006 · 1 Comment

The global politics of cricket

Still an interesting read if, like me, you’re not much into cricket or any form of organised sport (not including politics :) ) By Ehsan Masood | Open Democracy | … Continue reading

7 September, 2006 · Leave a comment

Bombing Without Regrets: The US Has No Rules for Cluster Bombs

By Dave Lindorff | Counterpunch | 6 Sept 2006 Here’s a headline you won’t see in your local paper: “U.S. Accused of Using Cluster Weapons Against Civilians in Iraq and … Continue reading

7 September, 2006 · Leave a comment

Timely Reminders

"Those who crusade, not for God in themselves, but against the devil in others, never succeed in making the world better, but leave it either as it was, or sometimes perceptibly worse than what it was, before the crusade began. By thinking primarily of evil we tend, however excellent our intentions, to create occasions for evil to manifest itself."
-- Aldous Huxley

"The only war that matters is the war against the imagination. All others are subsumed by it."
-- Diane DiPrima, "Rant", from Pieces of a Song.

"It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there"
-- William Carlos Williams, "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"


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